Brian Peters has moved to Franklin Square Group after a year and a half at RIM, where he was director of government relations. Before that, he was director of government relations at the Information Technology Industry Council. Peters is a former legislative assistant in the office of Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash. where he worked on technology and telecom policy, serving there for five years.

Franklin Square represents technology clients such as Cisco, Intel, Google, and RIM. One issue Peters will focus on is green technology policy. "It really is where high-paying American jobs will come from," he said.